That's interesting as I haven't seen one in person yet. From photos it looks okay but I wouldn't call it beautiful. That said I also don't find it nearly as ugly as some of the over the top comments in this thread.

The problem isn't really that its super ugly, because it isn't, the problem is more that it has clearly FWD based stubby proportions that don't lend itself well to the design and just looks like every other cheap econobox on sale from Ford Focus, to Chevy Malibu, Honda Civic, etc.

Nothing other than the kidney grills screams "BMW" and even then, some may say the kidney's look more like a Kia grill.

Even a new Mazda 3 is a much more attractive vehicle despite not being a luxury car. Not sure what is going on in BMW's design department right now, but a big change is needed.

The problem isn't really that its super ugly, because it isn't, the problem is more that it has clearly FWD based stubby proportions that don't lend itself well to the design and just looks like every other cheap econobox on sale from Ford Focus, to Chevy Malibu, Honda Civic, etc.

Nothing other than the kidney grills screams "BMW" and even then, some may say the kidney's look more like a Kia grill.

Even a new Mazda 3 is a much more attractive vehicle despite not being a luxury car. Not sure what is going on in BMW's design department right now, but a big change is needed.

Posting pictures of the same car in different angles and colors is not going to make it look better!

The problem isn't really that its super ugly, because it isn't, the problem is more that it has clearly FWD based stubby proportions that don't lend itself well to the design and just looks like every other cheap econobox on sale from Ford Focus, to Chevy Malibu, Honda Civic, etc.

Nothing other than the kidney grills screams "BMW" and even then, some may say the kidney's look more like a Kia grill.

Even a new Mazda 3 is a much more attractive vehicle despite not being a luxury car. Not sure what is going on in BMW's design department right now, but a big change is needed.

While everyone here including myself is saying how ugly this thing is, and compared to the oh so pretty Mazda 3, apparently in Europe, they have just voted this 2CG to be 2020 MOST BEAUTIFUL CAR OF THE YEAR....

WITH everything happening in the world, I think we all must be living in some sort of alternate universe timeline.... That can only be the only explanation....

The problem isn't really that its super ugly, because it isn't, the problem is more that it has clearly FWD based stubby proportions that don't lend itself well to the design and just looks like every other cheap econobox on sale from Ford Focus, to Chevy Malibu, Honda Civic, etc.

Nothing other than the kidney grills screams "BMW" and even then, some may say the kidney's look more like a Kia grill.

Even a new Mazda 3 is a much more attractive vehicle despite not being a luxury car. Not sure what is going on in BMW's design department right now, but a big change is needed.

While everyone here including myself is saying how ugly this thing is, and compared to the oh so pretty Mazda 3, apparently in Europe, they have just voted this 2CG to be 2020 MOST BEAUTIFUL CAR OF THE YEAR....

WITH everything happening in the world, I think we all must be living in some sort of alternate universe timeline.... That can only be the only explanation....

While everyone here including myself is saying how ugly this thing is, and compared to the oh so pretty Mazda 3, apparently in Europe, they have just voted this 2CG to be 2020 MOST BEAUTIFUL CAR OF THE YEAR....

WITH everything happening in the world, I think we all must be living in some sort of alternate universe timeline.... That can only be the only explanation....